From tormented self-images to brutal portrayals of friends and fellow artists, the portraits of Francis Bacon account for one of the most remarkable aspects of the work of this great British painter. His stylistic distortions of classicism and his famous deformations have changed the traditional genre of portraiture more drastically than the work of any other artist of the twentieth century. Originally published on the occasion of a major retrospective at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits is the first book dedicated to this aspect of his work. Milan Kundera, the famed Czech novelist, provides a perceptive introduction explaining his personal response to Bacon's work, exploring the paradox that lies in the faithfulness of the distorted images, and likening Bacon's genius to that of Samuel Beckett, both working at the outer limits of their art. An important essay by art historian France Borel sets Bacon's works in the context of his life and influences and explains his approach to portraiture. With superb reproductions of more than 130 studies and portraits, including those of Lucian Freud, George Dyer, Mick Jagger, and Isabel Rawsthorne, Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits offers new insight into these radical and disturbing images. Many details are included, revealing for the first time the varied textures of Bacon's paint surface.
I was a late starter in everything. I think I was kind of delayed. —— Francis Bacon 咬掉你的鼻子,亲亲我的爱人,斑驳、纠缠的阳光 嚎叫,战栗的快感,扭曲,刀口的脉搏,一切都会死去
评分I was a late starter in everything. I think I was kind of delayed. —— Francis Bacon 咬掉你的鼻子,亲亲我的爱人,斑驳、纠缠的阳光 嚎叫,战栗的快感,扭曲,刀口的脉搏,一切都会死去
评分I was a late starter in everything. I think I was kind of delayed. —— Francis Bacon 咬掉你的鼻子,亲亲我的爱人,斑驳、纠缠的阳光 嚎叫,战栗的快感,扭曲,刀口的脉搏,一切都会死去
评分I was a late starter in everything. I think I was kind of delayed. —— Francis Bacon 咬掉你的鼻子,亲亲我的爱人,斑驳、纠缠的阳光 嚎叫,战栗的快感,扭曲,刀口的脉搏,一切都会死去
评分I was a late starter in everything. I think I was kind of delayed. —— Francis Bacon 咬掉你的鼻子,亲亲我的爱人,斑驳、纠缠的阳光 嚎叫,战栗的快感,扭曲,刀口的脉搏,一切都会死去
这本关于培根的书简直是本哲学入门的绝佳读物,对于像我这样初次接触经验主义思想的读者来说,它的叙述方式极其友好。作者没有直接抛出晦涩难懂的术语,而是通过一系列贴近生活的案例,慢慢引导读者进入培根所构建的“知识新工具”的世界。我印象最深的是它对“偶像”理论的剖析,那种层层递进的逻辑,让你恍然大悟,原来我们日常思考中那些根深蒂固的偏见,竟是如此具有系统性的迷惑性。书中对归纳法的详细阐述,尤其是在描述如何通过观察和排除法来构建普遍性结论时,那种严谨和耐心,让人忍不住想放下手中的其他事情,专注于梳理自己的认知结构。它不是一本读完就束之高阁的教科书,更像是一位耐心的导师,在你试图理解科学方法论的复杂性时,始终在你身边轻声指引,确保你每一步都走得扎实而清晰。对于那些对传统经院哲学感到乏味,渴望一种更贴近自然和实践的思维方式的人来说,这本书无疑提供了一剂强心针,让人对知识的获取充满了新的热情和敬畏。
评分不得不说,这本书在史学和思想史的交叉点上展现出了惊人的洞察力。它不仅仅是关于弗朗西斯·培根个人的传记或者思想梳理,更是一幅描绘文艺复兴晚期到近代科学兴起前夜欧洲知识界风云变幻的宏大画卷。作者高超的叙事技巧,使得培根这位政治家、法学家和哲学家的一生充满了戏剧张力。你能清晰地感受到他所处的时代背景——旧有的权威正在瓦解,新的世界观萌芽的阵痛与兴奋。书中对培根在伊丽莎白一世和詹姆斯一世宫廷中的沉浮有着细致入微的描摹,让人看到一位伟大的思想家是如何在政治的泥潭中挣扎,同时又如何坚定地推行他的知识改革蓝图。这种将个人命运与宏大时代主题紧密结合的写作手法,让原本可能枯燥的哲学论述变得鲜活起来,读起来让人有一种“身临其境”的代入感。它成功地将“思想”还原为“行动”的一部分,展示了理论的诞生是多么依赖于特定的历史机遇和强悍的个人意志。
评分这本书的文风极其典雅,带着一种古典英伦的韵味,读起来非常享受,但同时,它也对读者的专注力提出了极高的要求。作者的句式结构常常冗长而富有层次感,充满了从句和精妙的修饰,仿佛在精心雕琢每一个段落的结构美学。我发现,为了完全捕捉到作者想要表达的每一个细微差别,我不得不经常回读前几句,甚至停下来思考某个词语在上下文中的精确含义。这并非批评,而是一种体验上的反馈——它强迫你放慢速度,进行一种更深层次的、近乎冥想式的阅读。这种阅读体验与当下快餐式的知识获取方式形成了鲜明的对比。它探讨的那些关于知识的本质和人类认知的局限性,在作者这样一种缓慢而审慎的笔触下,显得愈发厚重和值得玩味。如果你期待的是一本可以轻松翻阅的读物,或许会感到吃力;但如果你寻求的是一种智力上的挑战和文字上的享受,这本书绝对能满足你。
评分这本书的装帧和排版设计本身就是一种艺术品,与其中探讨的主题形成了有趣的呼应。内页的纸张质感温润,油墨的印刷清晰细腻,特别是那些引用原文的拉丁文片段,被特别处理成了衬线字体,散发出一种古老的魅力。每一次翻页,都能感受到一种仪式感,仿佛在触摸一份珍贵的历史文献。这种对实体书本身的重视,恰恰衬托出书中内容对于“实证”和“细节”的强调。它不只是文字的堆砌,更是一种对阅读体验的完整构建。我个人非常欣赏这种对实体媒介的尊重,它让阅读行为从一种信息获取的任务,升华为一种对知识本身的致敬。对于那些依然珍视纸质书的触感、气味和厚重感的读者来说,光是拥有和把玩这本书,就已经是一种享受了,更遑论书中那些深刻的见解了。
评分我必须指出,本书在对培根的政治生涯与哲学思辨进行关联性分析时,展现了一种非常大胆且具有争议性的解读角度。作者并没有简单地将培根塑造成一个完美的科学启蒙者形象,而是毫不避讳地揭示了其思想体系中可能存在的内在矛盾,尤其是在其对于权力与知识之间关系的论述上。书中对于“新工具”如何在实际的权力运作中被筛选和应用进行了尖锐的剖析,这使得整部作品的批判性色彩大大增强,不再是单纯的赞歌。这种不回避复杂性、不美化历史人物的写作态度,非常得我心。它促使读者跳出对单一伟大人物的盲目崇拜,转而去思考任何一种知识体系,无论多么宏伟,都不可避免地会烙上其所诞生时代的政治和社会印记。这种多维度的审视,让这本书的学术价值得到了极大的提升,因为它提供了一个更为成熟和现实的视角来评判历史贡献。
评分#补标 2018#
评分‘He that is too much in anything, so that he giveth another occasion of satiety, maketh himself cheap’. Of Ceremonies and Respects
评分‘He that is too much in anything, so that he giveth another occasion of satiety, maketh himself cheap’. Of Ceremonies and Respects
评分#补标 2018#
评分‘He that is too much in anything, so that he giveth another occasion of satiety, maketh himself cheap’. Of Ceremonies and Respects
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